Malice Aforethought
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On a balmy summer's day in 1930 the great and the good of the county are out in force for the annual, much-anticipated tennis party at the Bickleighs, although not everyone has much enthusiasm for the game. The tennis party exists for other reasons—and charmingly mannered infidelity is now the most popular pastime in the small but exclusive Devonshire hamlet of Wyvern's Cross. Which is why, in his own garden, the host, Dr Edmund Bickleigh, is desperately fighting to conceal the two things on his mind: a mounting passion for Gwynfryd Rattery—and the certain conviction that he is going to kill his wife ...
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Malice Aforethought is a suspense novel written in the 1930s. For the most part, it is told from the point of view of the murderer, though in third person. Unfortunately, that means you have to read his egotistical, misogynistic thoughts for almost 300 pages. I enjoyed the book, but could have done with less of that. He also was so overconfident that he made stupid errors after the fact, sure to ruin the “perfect” murder plots he had conceived. That was bound to happen, but I didn't enjoy reading his thoughts on the matter. The end was satisfying, if nothing else because of its irony. I may or may not read another by this author.
